By Funky Munky - 3 Jan 2013 7:05 PM
We have the Love/Relationship thread, so I figure it might be worth having a thread for people to get advice on their general/life issues. Plus I want some advice, but starting a lone thread just for me is probably a bit over the top :lol:.
So, to get us started.
I'm currently at a rather large crossroad in my life. I posted regarding the end of my relationship in the other thread, so I won't go over that again. Essentially at the moment, I have pretty much free choice of what I want to work towards with my future. Of course the flip side of this is that I honestly don't have a future/any goals to look forward to, so I really need to make the right choice now, to make sure the next year or two aren't just a massive waste. So here's where I need some advice.
Pretty much, as I see it, my main two options are going back to study again, or to continue to look for work. I'm leaning towards Study for a couple of reasons. I don't really have any qualifications to look for any career based work. I'm pretty much stuck looking for Retail/Admin work, which I have no problem with, but obviously it doesn't really much to look for going forward in terms of career/life in general.
Studying obviously doesn't guarantee this either. A couple of courses that I'm really interested in doing, are very specific fields, that wouldn't definitely have job outputs at the end of it. I haven't set myself in stone for anything though, and am keeping my options open. So while I understand going back to study is a risk, I think it's worth taking for the long term possibilities. But that's my view from the inside, hence this thread.
I think I've rambled on enough. Hopefully I managed to get my point across. Any suggestions/advice obviously is greatly appreciated, and everyone feel free to post up your own troubles/decisions you want help with.
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By MidfieldMaestro - 21 Feb 2013 9:58 AM
I was told in my mid-year performance review last year that if things weren't so bad in the industry, they wouldn't hesitate to put me on full time. They said (the first part jokingly) that I finished uni at the wrong time and that if I'd finished the year before I'd have a job no problems at all.
In my experience of face-to-face contact with companies, in the end it boils down to "here's our business card, apply online", where I go back to being just a number.
It's so hard to find work locally, so I've been applying for positions far and wide. Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Mackay. I can't exactly turn up in person to all those places I applied for.
Pretty much agree with some of what afro is saying. People just need to get a fair go/catch a break. I applied for a job recently and got a rejection email. Ok, nothing new. A job where experience was desired but not essential. A job in which I have experience in what they wanted the successful applicant to be doing. So I requested feedback as to why I didn't get it, so maybe I could fix some issues possibly relating to my cover letter/resume. I was told I was next in line, but the kicker was the guy who got the gig knew someone within. Not cos they were necessarily better than me. At least I know my documents look ok I guess. *shrugs*
Don't know how long the industry is going to be in a hole for, so if it's still in a bad way mid-year I might jump into a teaching degree (which is the other degree I was considering) and try and land a part time job to keep me going but knowing my luck, the UK's demand for Aussie teachers would dry up by the time I'd finish. :lol:
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